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8. John (s. of Nathaniel 2) m. Abihail Pratt 1746, and had Abihail 1746, John 1749, Zenas 1751, Lucy 1753, Silvia 1755, Jeremiah 1758, Bethiah 1760, Thomas 1766 .- Abihail m. John Willis 2d 1774 .- Lucy m. Ziba Hayward 1773 .- Silvia m. Sil- vanus Conant 1773 .- Jeremiah m. Mary, D. of Solomon Leonard 1782, and Chloe, D. of Dea. Seth Pratt 1793, and went to Pom- fret, Vt., and had John who m. Rebecca, D. of Nath'l Washburn and had a s. Chauncy, and others probably .- Thomas m. Lydia, D. of Calvin Edson 1789, and went to Oakham.
9. Gershom (s. of Lot 4) m. Anne, D. of Henry Kingman 1738, and d. 1792, æ. 78 : she d. 1791, æ. 81 .- They had Anne 1740, Eunice 1743, Silvanus 1747 .- Anne m. Joseph Muxam 1764 .- Eunice m. Barnabas Snell 1783 .- Silvanus m. Silvia, D. of John Conant 1773, and went to Minot, Me.
10. Lot (s. of Lot 4) m. Betty Holmes of Halifax 1743 ; she d. 1773 .- They had Sarah 1743*, Lydia 1746, Betty 1754, Ben- jamin 1756, and Rebecca .- Lydia m. Calvin Edson 1766 .- Betty m. Zenas Conant 1774 .- Benjamin m. Betty, D. of Hezekiah Hooper 1783, and had Temperance 1783. Marcus 1785, Wins- low 1788, Benjamin 1790, Hooper 1793, and went to Me .- Re- becca m. Benjamin Snell 1782 .- Lot Conant's wife d. 1778, and he m. wid. Rhoda Perry 1780 ; she d. 1790.
II. Phinehas (s. of Lot 4) m. Joanna, D. of David Pratt 1749 .- He d. 1798, æ. 72 ; she d. 1804, æ. 74 .- They had Sarah 1752, Peter 1753, Joanna 1755, Phinehas 1759, David 1762, Ja- cob 1768 .- Peter was a Deacon and m. Jane, D. of Jona. Co- nant 1777, and had Peter, who m. Lucy Brewster 1809, Silvia who m. Joseph Hayward 2d 1814, Ruth who m. Daniel Keith 1800, and Libeus, who was a minister at Northfield, N. H., whither the family removed .- Joanna m. Elias Conant 1774 .- Phinehas m. Joanna, D. of Daniel Washburn 1785, and she d. 1829 .- David m. Silvia, D. of Samuel Whitman 1783, and had Martha 1785, Susanna 1787, and David 1790, and d. 1792, and she afterwards m. Azariah Hayward, Jr., 1798.
12. Timothy (s. of Lot 4) m. Hannah Blackman 1754, and had James 1755, Luther 1758, Susanna 1760, Lucy 1762, Debo- rah 1764, Timothy, Silvanus, Abigail, Sarah and Hannah *.- Deborah m. Nathan Lazell, Esq., 1783 .- Timothy m. Nancy, D. of Solomon Pratt 1788 .- The mother, Hannah, m. Hezekiah Hooper for her 2d husband .- Most of this family removed to Oakham and several of the children were born there.
13. David (s. of William 5) m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Hay- ward 1723, and had David 1726, Jonathan 1734, William 1742. William gra. Yale College 1770, and settled in the ministry at Lyme, N. H .- He first m. a Cook, and afterwards wid. Patty Perkins, (Theodore's wid.) and D. of Nathan Conant.
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14. Nathan (s. of Thomas 6) m. Hannah, D. of Isaac Lazell 1753, and d. 1778, and had Hannah 1754, Lois 1756, Martha 1760, Caleb 1762, Rebecca 1764, and Mary 1768, who m. Isaac Smith of Braintree 1785 .- Lois m. Soloman Conant 1783 .- Patty m. Theodore Perkins 1783, and afterwards Wm. Conant. Hannah m. Jona. Washburn, Jr., of M. 1778 .- Caleb m. Olive Thrasher 1789, and moved to the westward.
15. Zenas (s. of Thomas 6) m. Betty, D. of Lot Conant 1774, and had Betty, Oliver, Sarah, Olive .- Betty m. Levi Leach 1798. Oliver m. Polly, I). of Calvin Washburn 1796 .- Sarah m. Eph- raim Leach 1805 .- Olive m. Jacob Conant 1805, who went to Ohio, and had Charles 1807, Jane 1809, William 1812, born here.
16. Ezra (s. of Thomas 6) m. Mary, D). of David Conant 1773, she d. 1835; he had Gaius, gra. B. U. 1800, who m. Cassandra, D. of Zechariah Whitman 1802, and afterwards Chloe, wid. of Jonas Leonard, and I). of Jesse Allen, and settled in the minis- try at Paxton ; and Thomas who is a Baptist preacher.
17. Nathaniel (s. of Jeremiah 7) m. Silence, D. of Ephraim Fobes 1772, and had Andrew 1774, Susanna 1777, Silence 1781. Andrew m. Keziah, I). of Benjamin Washburn 1795, and had Jeremiah 1796, Olive 1801, Thomas Jefferson 1806, Andrew 1808 .- Susanna Conant m. Wm. Durkey of Hampton, Conn., 1812.
18. John (s. of John 8) m. Deborah, D. of Nathan Perkins 1772, and had Marlborough, Martin, Seth, Lucy, Deborah, who m. Ansel Leonard 1807 .- Marlborough mn. Polly Dunbar 1796, she d. 1796, a. 21 .- Lucy m. Jacob Pierce 1794, and afterwards Andrew Tucker .- Martin m. Olive, D. of Eben. Benson 1797. Seth m. Hannah, I). of Nathaniel Pratt 1801 .- Martin Jr. m. Lucy Mehurin 1806.
19. David (s. of David 13) m. Rhoda, D. of Thomas Latham 1748, and had Elias 1749. Mary 1752, Solomon 1756, Rufus 1757, David 1759 .- David, the father, d. 1760 .- Elias m. Joanna, I). of Phineas Conant 1774, and had 2 ch. d. 1778, and William and others .- Mary m. Ezra Conant 1773 .- Solomon mn. Lois, D. of Nathan Conant 1783 .- Rufus m. Thankful, D. of Nathan Leonard 1783 .- David m. Lucy, D). of Nehemiah Bessee 1782. The 3 last named sons went to Lyme, N. H .- David has a son, John A. Conant now living in E. B .- William (s. of Elias) m. Martha Fobes 1803 .- Rhoda, the mother, d. 1790, a. 61 ; David d. 1792.
20. Jonathan (s. of David 13) m. Jane, D. of Arthur Latham 1759, and had Jane 1760, Sally 1761, Josiah 1768, Lydia 1770, Alice 1775, and removed to Greenwich .- Jane m. Dea. Peter Conant 1777 .- Sally m. Abisha Besse 1782.
Silvanus m. Mary Packard 1808 .- Lucinda m. Seth Pratt 1816 .- Ira Conant m. Lucy Leonard 1818 .- Ziba or Liba m.
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Deborah Leach 1820 .- Polly m. Wm. Andrews 1818 .- Patty Conant m. Ellis Holmes, Jr., 1803 .- Mehitabel or Hitty m. Cor- nelius Holmes; Jr., 1806 .- Thomas m. Anne Leonard 1812.
COOK .- Francis Cook m. Sarah, D. of Ichabod Bryant 1750, and had Ruth 1751, Rhoda 1753, Sarah 1755, Phebe 1757, Ga- maliel 1759 .- Sarah m. John Lathrop 1780 .- This man was a descendant without doubt from Francis Cook who arrived at Plymouth 1620 in the first ship, the May Flower .- John and his wife Silence had John 1782, Kingman 1786 .- John Cook m. Sally Lathrop 1790 .- Kingman Cook m. Sarah Munro 1815, and had Tiley Shurtliff 1817 .- Hannah Cook from the Cape m. Joseph Snell 1785 .- Benjamin Cook of Br. (a soldier 1776) æ. 85, A. I). 1818 .- Mr. Cook d. 1820 æ. 79.
COPELAND .- Lawrence Copeland of Braintree m. Lydia Townsend 1651, and had Thomas 1654, William 1656, John 1658, Ephraim 1665, and several Ds .- He d. 1699 said to be 1 10 years old. Wm. (s. of Lawrence) m. Mary, wid. of Christopher Webb Jr., and D. of John and Ruth Bass 1694, (Ruth was D. of the Hon. John Alden, the Pilgrim,) and died at Braintree about 1716. He had William 1695, Ephraim 1697, Ebenezer 1698, Jonathan 1701. David 1704, Joseph 1706, Benjamin 1708, Moses 1710, and Mary 1713 .- His son Joseph settled first in W. B. and afterwards in Scituate, and had a numerous family remarkable for their longevity.
1. Jonathan (s. of William, and grand s. of Lawrence) m. Betty, I). of Thomas Snell, Jr., 1723, and settled in W. B. and had Abigail 1724, Betty 1726*, Jonathan 1728, Mary 1731, Jo- seph 1734, Hannah 1737, Elijah 1739. Daniel 1741, Sarah 1745, Ebenezer 1746, Betty 1750 .- He d. 1790, æ. 90 .- Abigail m. George Howard 1745 .- Mary m. Benjamin Gannett 1750 .- Han- nah m. Jonathan Kingman 1759 .- Sarah m. David Keith of Easton 1769 .- Betty m. Clifford Belcher of Sharon 1770.
2. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan 1) m. Mehitabel, D). of Samuel Dunbar 1754, and had Jonathan 1755, Mehitabel, Sarah, Asa 1762, Caleb 1764, Ephraim 1767, Mary 1772, Martha 1774 .- Mehitabel m. Maj. Daniel Hartwell 1779 .- Sarah (or Sally, I). of Caleb 9) m. Stephen Fuller of Attleborough 1810 .- Ephraim m. Lucy, D. of Eleazar Keith 1791, and had Ephraim 1792, Lucy 1794, and one other, and removed to Leicester .- Mary m. John Burr 1792 .- Jonathan the father d. 1820, æ. 92.
3. Dea. Joseph (s. of Jona. 1) m. Rebecca, D. of John Hooper 1760, and had Rebecca 1762, Joseph 1764, Salmon 1766, Hannah 1768, Polly 1771, Sarah 1773, Winslow 1775, Huldah 1777, Hezekiah 1780, and Lucy 1784: he d. 1811, æ. 77; she d. 1820 .- Rebecca m. Eben'r Dunbar 1785 .- Joseph m. Sarah Swift Huxford of Chelsea 1808, and went to Me. and d. without issue .- Salmon m. Betty, D. of Nathan Snell 1799 and had Ly-
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man 1800, Pardon 1803, Nathan 1805: he then m. his brother Joseph's wid. 1814 .- Hannah m. Galen Allen perhaps 1797 .- Polly m. Joseph Hall 1812 .- Winslow m. Hannah Slader of Acworth, N. H., 1804 .- Huldah m. Howland Holmes 1804 .- Hezekiah and his w. Lucy had Rowland Flagg 1805, and Wil- lard Moore 1817, and he and Winslow went to N. H .- Lucy m. Ellis Holmes of Halifax 1806.
4. Elijah (s. of Jona. 1) m. Rhoda, D. of Josiah Snell 1765, and went to E. and had Elijah 1766, Josiah 1768, Luther 1770, Rhoda, Abigail, Martin, Polly .- he d. æ. 78 .- Elijah went to Weston .- Josiah m. Susanna Howard, and had Horatio 1796, Susanna, Hiram .- Luther went to Vt .- Josiah m. Phebe, D. of Ephraim Burr, 2d w. perhaps.
5. Daniel (s. of Jona. 1.) m. Susanna, D. of Joseph Ames 1764, and had Azael 1764, Daniel 1766, Cyrus 1769, Susanna 1771, Martin 1774, Charlotte 1777, Matilda, Alfred, Betsy, Clara, Ralph .- Azael m. Desire Lucas of Mid'o. 1791 .- Daniel m. Abi- gail Shaw 1791 .- Cyrus m. Abigail, D. of Christopher Dyer 1792, and had Cyrus 1793, Ward Cotton 1795, Christopher Dyer 1800, Jason 1803 .- Cyrus, Jr., m. Phebe C. Alger 1816 .- Martin m. Lucy Cowing 1802 .- Charlotte m. Philip Bennet 1797 .- Matilda m. Thomas Alden 1815 .- Alfred m. a Williams .- Betsy m. Capt. Holmes Sprague 1808 .- Ralph m. Anne Dunbar.
6. Ebenezer (s. of Jona. 1) m. Abby Godfrey of Norton 1770, and had Ebenezer 1773, James 1775*, Betty, Lydia, Oakes 1 793, Abby, Rachel*, Ruth*, Molly* ; he m. Bridget Wood of Norton 1801, a 2d w .- Betty m. Calvin Williams 1799 .- Lydia m. Na- than Howard 3d 1799 .- Abby m. Elijah Snell, Jr., 1796 .- Eben- ezer m. Mehitabel, D. of Dea. Elijah Snell, 1798, and had Mehitabel 1799 ; he then m. a 2d w. Hannah Godfrey of Nor- ton, 1801, and had James 1802, Rachel 1803, Mary Hodges 1804, Abby Godfrey 1806, Ruth 1808, Lawrence 1815.
7. Jonathan, Esq. (s. of Jona. 2) m. Deborah, D. of Stephen Otis of Scituate, and had Mehitabel 1785, Jonathan 1787, Charles 1790, George 1793, Deborah Otis 1795, William 1798, Stephen Otis 1804 .- He d. 1838 .- Mehitabel m. Austin Keith 1813 .- Jonathan m. Hannah, I). of Dr. John Reed, 1818, Charles m. Mehitabel, D. of Oliver Howard, 1816, and had Susan H. 1818, and Deborah Otis 1820, and d. 1821, and the wid. m. Earl Thayer .- George gra. B. U. 1815 and is an Attorney on the Cape. Deborah O. m. Ephraim Wales of Braintree.
8. Asa (s. of Jona. 2) m. Persia D. of James Howard 1792 and had Albert 1793, Azel Howard 1795, Asa 1799, Francis 1803 .- Albert m. Anna H. D. of George Williams 1819.
9. Caleb (s. of Jona. 2) m. Sally, D. of Seth Byram 1787, and had Lurany 1788, Tempe 1790, Caleb 1792, Sally 1794, Vesta 1796, Seth, Elizabeth, Almira, Ephraim, and Mary .- Lu-
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rany m. Silvanus Keith 1820 .- Tempe m. Barzillai Keith 1819. -Caleb m. Olive D. of Maj. Cyrus Porter of St. 1821 .- Sally (or Sarah, D. of Jona. 2) m. Stephen Fuller of Attleborough 1810. Vesta m. Nahum Perkins 1820.
CORTHRELL .- Daniel Corthrell and his wife Hannah had Daniel 1747, Elizabeth 1749, Abigail 1751, Phebe 1754.
COWING .- Jabez Cowing m. Susanna, D. of John Bolton, 1741, and had Jabez 1742, Abisha 1744, Reuben 1749, Benja- min 1754. Sarah Cowing m. John Hooper 1746 .- Israel Cow- ing of Scituate m. Rebecca, D). of James Wade, 1788.
2. Joseph Cowing or Cowen (s. of Israel of Scituate, a Scotch family) m. Jane, D. of Samuel Keith, 1744; she d. 1794, a. 65 ; they had Joseph 1745, Hannah 1747, Ward 1755 .- Joseph m. Abigail, D. of Joshua Fobes 1772 .- Hannah m. John Hooper 1777 .- Lucy Cowing m. Martin Copeland 1802 .- Betsy m .. Silas Andrews 1803.
CRAFTS .- Dr. Thomas Staples Crafts, came from Newton ; married a Park ; settled in N. B. 1756 : had :Thomas, Samuel, John, Moses, Edward, Zibeon, Patty and Polly. Patty married Rev. Zechariah Howard 1785 .- Polly m. Rev. Naphthali Shaw 1798 .- The Doctor, with his 4 ss. Samuel, Moses, Edward and Zibeon, went to Maine.
2. Rev. Thomas (s. of the above) gra. H. U. 1783 ; m. Polly, D. of Rev. John Porter, 1786; settled at Princeton, 1786, and left there 1791, and was installed at Mid'o .; had Thomas*, Frederick, Eliphalet Porter, Mary, Betsy and Sophia, and d. 1819, æ. 60. Betsy m. Jesse Perkins 1815 .- Sophia m. a Harts- horn .- Frederick gra. B. U. 1815 .- Eliphalet P. gra. B. U. 1821, and settled in the ministry in E. B., and has been since installed at Sandwich, and m. Augusta Porter of Sterling.
3. John (s. of Thomas S. 1) m. Olive, D. of Rev. John Por- ter, 1790, and had Jonathan Porter 1792, who gra. B. U. 1817, and d. 1822, æ. 30.
Samuel Crafts m. a Packard .- Moses m. Phebe, D. of Eleazar Snow 1799 .- Zibeon m. Hannah Howard 1799.
CRANE .- Samuel Crane from Milton m. Sarah (wid. proba- bly of Josiah) Washburn 1738, and had Samuel 1739, who d. a bachelor.
2. Dr. Jonathan Crane came from Berkley and settled in S. B., and m. Mary, D. of Col. Josiah Edson, 1770, and had Daniel 1771 (who gra. at Brown U. 1796, and m. Anna Howard, D. of Jonathan, 1801, and left several children) Susanna 1776. Dr. Jona. m. Lydia Adams of Kingston, 2d wife, 1783, and d. Dec. 31, 1813, æ. 76 .- Susanna m. Oliver Eaton 1798, and afterwards a Dillingham of Troy .- Benjamin Crane m. Eunice, 1). of Wil- liam Washburn, 1770 .- Lydia Crane of Berkley m. Rodolphus
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Edson 1780 .- John Crane m. Patience Pratt 1793 .- Betsy Crane m. Lewis Packard, 1808 .- Spencer Crane of Canton m. Sally Pratt, 1809 .- Phebe Crane d. 1789.
CROCKER .- Perez Crocker (s. of Heman of Carver) m. a Thompson and came to N. B. 1802, and had Daniel, Henry, Edward, Charles, Frederick, Louisa, and Jane .- Louisa m. Capt. Charles Gurney .- Jane m. Cyrus Hooper.
CROOKER .- Zenas Crooker (s. of Jona. of Pem.) m. Con- tent Stetson and settled in S. B., and had Zenas 1792, Ursula Barker, 1794, Lucy 1796, Eliza 1799, Ralph 1801, Naomi Stet- son 1804, Benjamin 1807. Helen 1809 .- Zenas m. Hannah Richardson of Danvers .- Lucy m. Zephaniah Shaw .- Naomi S. m. a Hicks .- Helen m. Samuel W. Bates.
Jonathan m. Sarah, D. of Ebenezer Allen .- John Crooker m. Polly, D. of Joseph Smith 1798 .- James d. in E. B. a. over 80.
CROSS .- Capt. Nathaniel Cross (from Exeter N. H.) m. Margaret Bird of Dorchester and settled in E. B. and had Na- thaniel Henry 1803, Joseph Warren 1808, Thaddeus William 1810, Margaret Granger 1813, Sarah Ann 1816, George Gilman. Nathaniel H. m. Lucy Vose of Boston and settled in N. B .- Joseph W. gra. H. U., m. a Hodges and afterwards Francis Vose of Boston and settled in the ministry at Boxborough .- Thaddeus W. m. a Brooks and settled in Quincy .- Margaret G. m. a Standart and is now a wid .- Sarah A. m. George Folsom.
CURTIS .- Edward Curtis, m. Abigail, D. of Joseph Pratt, 1759, and had Hannah 1760, Mercy 1762, Abigail 1764, Lydia 1766, and removed to Hardwick.
2. Barnabas (s. of Ashly of St.) lived in N. B. ; m. Esther D. of Pelatiah Phinney 1774, and had Olive 1776, Hannah 1780, Bela 1782, Isaac 1786, and Josiah Washburn 1794 .- Hannah m. Alpheus Tribou 1804 .- Bela m. Kezia I). of Nehemiah Lin- coln 1803 and had Josiah 1803, Mira 1805, Beza 1806, Thomas Madison 1808, Barnabas 1810, Alanson 1812, Esther 1813, Patty Perkins 1816 .- Isaac m. Mehitabel, I). of John Wales 1806, and had John 1806, Francis 1808*, Henry 1810, Hannah 1812°.
3. ('apt. Simeon (s. of Simeon of Hanover) m. Bathsheba Silvester, and lived in E. B. and d. 1837. a. 80 ; he had Bath- sheba 1791, Silvester 1795, Simeon 1797, Robert 1799 .- Bath- sheba m. Capt. Isaac Keith 1815 .- Silvester in. Heman Keith. Robert m. Abby M., D. of Daniel Bryant and lives in Boston.
Abigail Curtis m. Josiah Washburn 1746 .- Rebecca m. Wm. Washburn 1738 .- Experience m. Ezekiel Washburn 1749 .- Patience m. Seth Brett 1744 .- Eunice D. of Theophilus mn. Ed- mund Soper 1756 .- Benjamin of Plymp. m. Experience D. of Elisha Hayward 1732 .- Capt. Moses m. Hannah Belcher 1769, 2d w .- wid. Curtis d. 1757 .- Content d. 1763 .- Aholibama m.
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Timothy Packard 1790 .- Sally m. Nehimiah Howard 1791 .- Samuel m. Sally Harris 1799 .- Theresa (or Thirza) m. Benjamin Munro of Hal. 1812 .- Rebecca m. Enoch Thayer 1765 .- Han- nah m. John Battles .- Hannah m. Oliver Lathrop 1803 .- Abigail m. George Briggs 1809.
DANIELS .- Charles Daniels m. Mehitabel Perkins 1814, and had Charles 1815, Elizabeth 1816, David 1820 .- William Dan- iels' child d. in E. B. 1770.
DAVENPORT .- Richard Davenport (from Weymouth) set- tled in S. B. a. 1700; was a Representative several years; had Richard, William, Abigal, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth ; appears to have been at Shrewsbury 1731 .- Abigail m. Zechariah Pack- ard 1724 .- Elizabeth m. Josiah Washburn 1723 .- Nathaniel m, Lucy Wyman, 1729.
2. Richard (s. of the above) m. Susanna, I). of Amos Snell, and d. a. 1785 ; had John, Elizabeth, Susanna, Eunice, and Abi- gail .- John m. Charity Pratt of Norton 1764 .- Elizabeth m. Jacob Lazell of Mid'o .- Susanna m. Ichabod Orcutt, Jr., 1757 . -Eunice m. Wm. Lazell of Mid'o. 1759 .- Abigail m. Daniel Hayward and went to Greenwich.
3. William (s. of Richard 1) m. Sarah Richards 1730, and had Abigail 1730, Anna 1732, Elizabeth 1735.
Eliphalet Davenport from Dorchester m. Jane Douglas, and lives in E. B.
DAWES .- 1. Samuel Dawes m. Sarah Howland of Pem- broke, where he lived and had Robert and Samuel ; he then removed to E. B. and had Abigail 1729, Content 1733, Ann 1735, Mary 1738, Jonathan 1745 .- He d. a. 1755, and she m. Capt. Daniel Reed of Abington 1765 .- Abigail m. Josiah Vining 1751. Ann m. Daniel Reed .- Mary m. Nathaniel Prior .- Jonathan m. Lydia Snell, 1772, and went into the revolutionary war and never returned.
2. Jonathan (brother of Samuel perhaps) and his wife Lois who joined the church 1741, had Margaret, Mary, Jabez .- Mar -. garet m. Andrew Bearce of Halifax 1736 .- Mary joined the church 1742.
3. Robert (s. of Samuel 1) m. Lydia, D. of John Harden of Abington 1742, and had Robert 1747, Nathan 1751 ; the father d. in 1755, and the wid. m. Isaac Tyrrell of Abington, 1755 ; she d. in E. B. 1798, æ. 76.
4. Samuel (s. of Samuel 1) m. Abigail, D. of Isaac Kingman 1755, and had Ebenezer 1755, Betty and Sarah 1758*, Samuel 1760, John 1763, Howland, 1766, Daniel 1768, Abby 1770, Mitch- ell 1772 .- Ebenezer gra. H. U. 1785, and settled in the ministry at Scituate 1787 ; he m. Elizabeth, D. of Col. John Bailey of Hanover, and had William 1790, Ebenezer 1791, and d. the same year æ. 36 .- All the rest of the family removed to Cummington.
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5. Capt. Robert (s. of Robert 3) m. Lydia, D. of Isaac Tir- rell of Abington, and had Susanna 1768, Lydia, and other Ds. and also 2 ss. Robert and Jonathan .- This family also removed to Cummington .- James Shaw, Beriah Shaw, and Eliphalet Packard, all of Cummington m. his Ds .- Maj. Robert and Jona- than have been Representatives from that town. Jonathan m. Huldah, D. of Capt. Edmund Lazell .- Sabina Dawes of St. m. Joseph Randall, Jr., 1820.
6. Nathan (s. of Robert 3) m. Abigail I). of Jacob White 1772. and had Nathan 1775, Jacob 1778, Mary 1781, Abigail 1791 .- Nathan went to Maine .- Jacob m. Martha Hersey 1800 and lives in Abington, and has a D. Silvester Holmes born here. Mary m. Samuel Bicknell 1800 .- Abigail m. William Hearsey.
Wm. Dawes at Boston 1640 : made free 1646 : d. 1703. æ. 86; had Ambrose at Braintree 1642, William and Robert at Boston a. 1645 and 1646 .- John and Susanna had Hannah 1659 *.- John and Mary had Samuel 1660, Elizabeth 1661 .- Wm. and Susanna had Jonathan 1661 .- James and Frances had James 1668 .- Ambrose and Mary had Susanna 1668, William 1671, Susanna 1673, Joseph 1677, Thomas 1680: his will 1705 men- tions Ambrose, Thomas, Mary Webster, and Rebecca Moulton. -Jonathan and Hannah had Joanna 1687 .- Thomas m. Mary Story 1702 .- All the above from Boston records .- Samuel of Weymouth d. "in his Majesty's service," and his wid. Experi- ence m. Charles Clark before 1700 .- Ambrose of Duxbury and his w. Mehitabel had Priscilla 1712, Ebenezer 1714, Gideon 1718 .- Ebenezer m. Mary Chandler and had Ambrose 1740, Diana 1741, Gideon 1743.
DICKERMAN .- 1. Manasseh Dickerman (from Stoughton) m. a Randall and settled in N. B. and had Samuel, Benjamin, Daniel, Rebecca; he then m. Thirza D. of Job Bryant 1791, and had Oliver, Lyman, Manasseh, Ruth, Sally, Mary, Thirza, and Roana .- Daniel m. Ruth Tuel 1777 .- Rebecca m. Lewis Dalie 1801.
Daniel married Rebecca Smith 1804 .- Benjamin married Zibia D. of Cyrus Bryant 1817 .- Ebenezer, Jr., m. Mercy Stone 1768 .- Abigail m. Hezekiah Mehurin 1760 .- John of Roxbury m. Lydia Leach 1770 .- John m. Keziah Alger 1786 .- Nehemiah m. Ruth Clark 1800 .- Joanna m. Wendell Sever 1813 .- Ruth m. John Guinett 1814 .- Polly m .. Wm. Badger 1786 .- Mary m. Eben. Shaw of Mid'o. 1816 .- Sally m. Nath'l Shepardson 1817. -Chloe m. Jona. Lathrop 1765 .- Wm. Keith m. a Dickerman.
2. Samuel (s. of Manasseh 1, probably) m. Olive, D. of Na- than Packard 1799 and had Vesta 1800, Oliver 1802, Abigail 1805, Samuel 1809, Julia Adeline 1814 .- Samuel Dickerman m. Clara A. Packard 1822.
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DIKE .- 1. Samuel Dike (from Ipswich, now Hamilton, a. 1773) settled in N. B .; his w. was a Perkins, he had Samuel, Anthony, John, Nathaniel*, Veren, Mary, Sarah, Ann, and Abi- gail ; he d. 1800, æ. 79 .- Capt. Anthony m. a Pool and went to Plymouth .- John went to Beverly .- Veren went to Southbury, Conn .- Mary m. Job Ames 1782 .- Sarah m. Ephraim Noyes 1779 .-- Ann m. James Loud.
2. Samuel (s. of Samuel 1) m. Lois, D. of Isaac Fuller 1772, and had Lucinda 1773, Salmon 1775, Fuller 1778, Olive 1780, Rebecca 1782, Oliver 1785, Nathaniel 1787, Samuel 1790; he m. a 2d w. Mehitabel, wid. of Bela Howard and D. of Col. Simeon Cary 1793, and had Bela Cary 1798 .- Fuller and Nath'l went to Me .- Olive m. Joseph Shaw 1805 .- Rebecca m. a Bisbee .- Oliver m. Sibil, D. of Bela Howard 1810, and had Lois Fuller 1812 .- Samuel m. Betsy Burrill 1812, and had a s. Samuel, who gra. at B. U. 1838.
DOWNIE .- Walter Downie came from Scotland with his two children, William, and Isabel, about 1735, and settled in N. B. where Howard Cary, Esq., lately lived .- William d. 1747 æ. 23, and Isabel m. Barnabas Pratt 1750 .- He was so afflicted with the death of his son that he went back to Scotland .- His D., Pratt, went to Me. and lived to be 102 years old or more.
DRAKE .- 1. Richard Drake and his w. Mary had Rhoda 1770, Parnel 1773, and Mary 1776.
2. Robert Drake and his w. Rebecca had Bethuel 1776.
3. Ebenezer Drake had a son Isaac. These 3 families ap- pear by the records to have lived in Bridgewater .- Sarah Drake m. John Cary 1734-Francis m. Sarah Hayden 1775 .- Eben- ezer m. Martha, I). of Zachariah Gurney 1781 .- Hannah m. Caleb Dunbar 1782 .- John m. Molly D. of Ephraim Cole 1782. -Rhoda m. Abiel Alger 1789 .- Timothy m. Polly Dunbar 1789. -Polly of E. m. Asaph Hayward 1791 .- Elijah 2d m. Susanna Churchill 1800 .- Polly m. Jacob Hearsey 1812 .- Lydia m. John Packard 1817 .- Reuben m. Olive Cheesman 1819 .- Ira m. . wid. Mary Pratt 1821.
DUMPHEY .- Elisha Dumphey and his w. Mary had Nathan 1782, Elijah 1785, Azel 1788, Jotham 1790, Elvin 1792 .- Jotham m. a D. of John Harden.
DUNBAR .- 1. James Dunbar (from Hingham) settled early in W. B., m. Jane, D. of Isaac Harris, and had Robert 1689, who d. 1706, and was called " the only surviving son of James Dunbar, who came from Hingham;" the father d. 1690; and Jane, the wid. m. Pelatiah Smith .- Robert (of Hingham) his will 1693 ; his w. Rose, had John, Joseph, Joshua, Peter, James, (above deceased) Mary, Sarah, and Hannah .- Mary m. Isaac Harris.
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2. Peter (s. of Robert above perhaps) came from Hingham a. 1706 and settled in B .; his wife, Sarah; had Josiah 1706, John 1709, David 1711 ; bought a place of Jacob Leonard 1706 ; had other children before he came here, viz .: Peter, Sarah, Abigail, and perhaps others .- Peter was guardian to John and David, who were called his brothers, 1725 .- Sarah m. Thomas Alger 1724 .- Abigail m. Joshua Fobes 1711, she might have been sister to Peter, and not his D).
3. James (s. of James of Hingham perhaps) m. Experience D. of Samuel Hayward 1721, and had James 1721, Betty 1722, Josiah 1725, Jerusha 1727, Mary 1730, and Jesse 1742 .- Betty in. Nathan Kingsley of Easton 1744 .- Jerusha mn. Nath'l Rick- ard 1751 .- Mary m. Dan Leonard 1750.
4. Elisha (s. of James of Hingham) settled in N. B .; m. Mercy, D. of Nathaniel Hayward 1727, and had Abigail 1728, Jacob 1730, Lemuel 1731, Elisha 1735, Seth 1737, Nathaniel 1739. Peter 1741, and Silas 1743 .- Elisha, the father, d. 1773, æ. 74 .- Lemuel was a captain in the French war. and d. 1762, a. 31 .- Abigail m. Andrew Gilmore 1752 .- Elisha m. Rebecca Wade 1757, D. of Thomas Wade. and had Keziah 1762, Rebecca 1764. and went to Stoughton .- Seth m. Deborah Belcher 1761, and had Deborah 1766, Rebeckah 1768, Bethiah 1770, Joanna 1772, Seth 1775 .- Nathaniel went into the war with his brother Lemuel, was taken prisoner and died .- Peter m. Relief, 1). of Capt. Theophilus Curtis 1764, settled in Easton, and had Simeon who m. a Bird and lives in N. B .- Bethiah m. Apollos Randall 1776.
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